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Hopes on shuttlers, Pandelela

Wei Sheng swings into action today at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and should have little difficulty in getting off to a winning start in the boys’ singles against Kevin Ghislain of the Seychelles in his opening Pool G match.

Wei Sheng must finish top of his group, which also includes Vietnam’s Nguyen Huynh Thong Thao and Emre Lale of Turkey, to make the quarter-finals.

Sonia too should cruise through her opening match against Mariana Ugalde of Mexico today in the girls’ Pool F ahead of meetings with Ebru Tunali of Turkey and Nigeria’s Fateema Azeez tomorrow.
The 32 players in both the boys’ and girls’ events are drawn into eight groups where only the group winners will advance to the knockout stage.

“On paper, Wei Sheng may be facing India’s Saireneeth Bhamidipati for a place in the semi-finals,” Kim Tho said.

“He actually has a good chance to win and reach the medal rounds compared to the title favourites from South Korea, China and Thailand.

“Sonia should be up against the top Thai girl Taerattanachai Sapsiree if she reaches the quarter-finals.

“But if she clears the hurdle, her chances of winning a medal will be good.
“The quarter-finals will be where the actual battle starts and it is anybody’s game as competition at the junior level is always a close affair.”

Slim chance for Rena Suwarno to advance as she's drawn in same pool w/ Deng X.....as for Evert should be no problem getting into qf...other fav like Naoko Fukuman, F Deprez, Carolina Marin also won in day 1....as Vu Thi T surprisingly def Choi Hye in....